In a significant move to bolster its presence in the Indian market, OpenAI has appointed Prabhjeet Singh, former Uber India and South Asia president, as its first managing director for the country. Singh will join the company in September, reporting to Kiran Mani, managing director for Asia Pacific, and will oversee OpenAI's performance in India across multiple areas, including consumer growth, enterprise adoption, and regulatory engagement. This strategic hire marks OpenAI's latest investment in India, following the opening of its first office in New Delhi last August and plans to establish new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru. The company has also made key partnerships in the nation, spanning higher education, enterprise payments, and AI-powered commerce, and has become part of India's growing data center build-out. With India emerging as a key battleground for US AI companies, OpenAI is ramping up hiring in the country, with openings for AI deployment engineers, developer experience engineers, and solutions engineers. The company's rapid expansion in India is driven by the country's vast developer base, large internet user population, and surging demand for generative AI, with Indian conglomerates Reliance and Tata Group among its early partners in the market.

Source: TechCrunch